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Shiny Chocolate Glazed Donut

Chocolate Glaze Donuts

Makes 12 regular donuts or 24 mini donuts
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Ingredients
  

For the Donuts

  • ½ cup All Purpose or Cake Flour
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
  • ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ⅛ teaspoon espresso powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
  • ¼ cup butter milk*
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tablespoon white sugar
  • 2 tablespoon brown sugar

For the Chocolate Glaze

  • ¼ cup chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 2 tablespoon icing sugar

Instructions
 

For the Donuts

  • Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, espresso powder and salt. Set aside.
  • Combine melted butter, buttermilk*, vanilla extract, egg yolk, white sugar and brown sugar. Mix well.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix well.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray.
  • Baked mini donuts for 6-8 minutes and regular sized donuts for 8 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 2 minutes. Then turn pan upside down and put donuts on a cooling rack.
  • Repeat process with second batch if using just one pan.

For the Chocolate Glaze

  • Combine chocolate chips and butter in a microwave safe dish. Microwave on high for 30 seconds.
  • Stir until smooth and then add the icing sugar. Stir until smooth.
  • Dip the donuts into the glaze and return to wire cooling rack.

Notes

  • make your own buttermilk by putting 1 teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar in a ¼ cup measuring cup and then fill up with milk